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Mr. Pilsburj seems to have been particularly successful in the 

 management of his apple trees, and to have been well paid for his 

 labor. The amount received for apples is stated to be from three 

 hundred to seven hundred dollars a year on an average. This the 

 committee think must be the most profitable product of the farm and 

 furnishes muca encouragement for the cultivation of an orchard. 



There is much room for further improvements on Mr. Pilsbury's 

 farm, and the reclaiming of his meadow land is but little more than 

 begun. Considering the present condition of agriculture in the 

 county of Essex, and the intention of the Trustees in offering premi- 

 ums, the committee are of opinion, that Mr. Pilsbury's farm, though, 

 it exhibits instances of improvement and good management very 

 creditable under the circumstances to its owner, yet does not come 

 within the ?■ description of farms for which a premium was contem- 

 plated. 



The committee would however recommend to the Trustees, a gra- 

 tuity of ten dollars to Mr. Pilsbury. 



Respectfully submitted, 



FREDERICK HOWES, 

 LEWIS ALLEN, 

 DAVID CIIOATE, 

 GARDNER B.PERRY, 

 THOMAS E. PAYSON. 

 Nov. 15th, 1847. 



DANIEL PILLSBURY'S STATEMENT. 



Totlie Committee on Farms : 



Gentlemen, — My farm consists of one hundred and fifteen acres, 

 viz ; twenty-four acres of mowing, forty acres pasturing, about twen- 

 ty-five acres rough upland, mowing and tillage, nine acres tillage and 

 sixteen upland mowing, eighteen acres meadow mowing and thirty- 

 two woodland, alders and other young wood, all of it meadow. 



The meadow mowing is all in the same condition, in which I found 

 it eight years ago, with the exception of about three and a quarter 

 acres. One acre I have ploughed and planted with potatoes the pros- 



